User blog comment:Andreiva13/Question about pokemons/@comment-32553509-20180227085704/@comment-32358261-20180227092413

Search up smogon sm (insert Pokémon you want) into google. First link should bring you to the page. On that page it will describe its role in competitive battling. It includes everything you need to know for the set.

If you want to learn more about it, search up Bulbapedia Effort values (that’s ev for short).

Hopefully you should be able to learn something. I’ll try to explain to you as easy as I can. Every 4ev equals to a single stat point you see in the summary page. This value maxes out at 252ev in a single stat (+63 in that stat at level 100). This can be done twice. Altogether a Pokémon can’t have over 510 ev. After maxing 2 stats, you have an extra 4ev (other 2 don’t matter) to invest into the stat it needs.

There are many ways to train ev. In PBB this means battling Pokémon. You see every time you defeat a Pokémon, it gives you a specific amount of ev. This is normally dependant on the Pokémon it is

For example defeating a geodude give 1 ev in defence. Defeating a zubat gives 1 speed ev. Depending on the evolution it will give more ev. (Tentacool gives 2 sp def ev compared to tentacool giving 1 sp def ev)

Since this takes a long time you’ll want to have some power items or a macho brace to boost the amount of ev you gain. Macho brace doubles ev gained in battle but half’s the speed while holding it. Power items give +8 more ev per battle. Like macho brace, it also halves speed while holding it.

I’ll give you an example of an ev spread for a salamence

252ev attack, 252ev speed and 4ev hp. Since mega salamence is a sweeper. Naturally you want to max out speed and attack. The reason why I chose the last 4 ev onto hp is because they tend to use double edge a lot and you’ll be taking loads of recoil, you want to make sure it stays alive for as long as possible.

Depending on Pokémon, it might be different (some Pokémon might want 252 ev in one stat and 128ev in two other stats. Normally done on mixed attackers/defensive Pokémon)

In some cases you’ll want an awkward number to outspeed something specific, have deal just enough damage to guarantee an Ohko, enough bulk to survive specific hits. For the most part, beginners shouldn’t worry about this since it might be a bit too confusing.

Since you are still new to this I reckon all pokemon you ev train should be 2 maxed out stats and 4 ev in 3rd highest stat.

I hope this helps you